A new car and a new canopy

Dear all!

Long time no sound from the belt of islands in the Far East, but we have not been that silent at all. Work has been quite demanding for both Widya and me. For Widya it has been a challenge to go to work and back all the way from Bogor, by motor, train and motor taxi. That means 4 hours a day of struggling with the West-Javan traffic... The hotel is running now and keeps her really busy as she lately has been assigned to restructurize the front office department of the Kempinski Residences (appartment tower). Means: no time to be bored. Leaving the house at 06.30 together with me and returning around 21.00 or 22.00 (finding me snoring...), that's what keeps her off the streets. To make the traffic challenge a bit bearable we decided to buy a car (yep, well... I know, mister 'green-left-wing-political-party-voter' finally got hooked: this planet cannot be saved anymore anyway (does still anybody disagree???)!). Now my darling only still has to get her driving licence and she will rumble the bumpy streets of Jakarta!

Below the car in front of our house.

Meanwhile we have been repairing our house as the canopy in the front almost came off! So we took it down and changed it for a new one. We directly installed a smaller canopy on the side of the house to give some protection to our Jazzy.

Work in the nursery has been exciting as well! We just finished the Geranium season this week and we directly shifted to our Aster and Chrysanthemum seasons. Within 2 months we will produce some 12 million of those plants (cuttings), so Europe is looking forward to a blooming spring and summer time! Meanwhile we are already thinking of expanding again...

Hoping to update soon again, I remain with best regards and a bear hug,

Joost from the Indo tropics